You never cheer for the bad guy. In the real world most of us don't. When we see people lying or stealing we want to seem them pay for their actions. When it comes to movies we all sing an entirely different tune. We want to see the bad guys get all of the money, get away with illegal doings, and we love to see them get dangerously close to getting caught. That is why The Sting won Best Picture of the 46th Annual Academy Awards. Two man trying to out smart on of the best bookies in town to make off with a ton of cash is the film you can not help to wish for the "bad guys" to win.
Universal had a power house on their hands when this movie came to be. Rob Cohen found the script in the slush pile when he was working as a reader for Mike Medavoy. Medavoy told Cohen that he was going to try to sell it to a studio by the end of the day off a recommendation. He said if he did not sell it he would fire Cohen. Universal bought it that afternoon. It was a good move on their part. The film was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2005 and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. It won seven and took home the Best Picture beating out: Lucasfilms' American Graffiti; Cinematograph's Cries and Whispers; Avco Embassy's A Touch of Class; and Warner Brothers' The Exorcist.
Paul Newman is just one of the characters that you look forward to watching on the screen. He does not disappoint when it comes to The Sting. The movie was such a fun film to watch! The story of how the movie came to be truly shows that it's a diamond in the rough type of film. I have would say that this film is not one that you will regret not seeing but it would go ahead and put it on your watchlist.
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